Here’s the only known scorecard from Cy Young’s 1904 Perfect Game vs. Rube Waddell, the first perfect game in AL History. Sotheby’s offered it in…
Posts published in “Memorabilia”
Autographs, game-used gear, tickets, advertising, and cardboard-adjacent gems.
Here’s Christy Mathewson’s official National League Player’s Contract for the 1903 season, dated September 15, 1902. Robert Edward Auctions (then a division of MastroNet Inc.)…
Today’s piece of hobby history memorabilia is this 1936/37 Madison Square Garden Hockey Poster featuring Hall of Famer Mervin “Red” Dutton of the New York…
Folks might not know that Mickey Mantle owned a Holiday Inn hotel in Joplin, Missouri, with his friend Harold Youngman; Lodging Magazine wrote an excellent overview. The hotel…
It’s a miracle that any of these 1950s Ted Williams Moxie Window Decals survived; Sotheby’s offered this one in their 1994 Important Baseball Cards and…
Another great piece of vintage athlete-endorsed advertising is the partnership between Bob Feller and Dreamsicle. This 1947-dated piece( it says “Copyright 1947 Joe Lowe Corp”…
Here’s another classic cardboard advertising sign of Stan Musial pitching for Wonder Bread; it’s what “Good Ball Players Need” to “Build Strong Bodies 8 Ways.”…